Ed Balls

Edward Michael Balls (25 February 1967-) was the Labour MP for Morley and Outwood from 5 May 2005 to 30 March 2015, succeeding Bill O'Brien and preceding Andrea Jenkyns. He was married to fellow MP Yvette Cooper.

Biography
Edward Michael Balls was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1967, and he was raised in Nottingham. He joined the Labour Party as a student in 1983, and he worked at the Financial Times as a lead economic writer from 1990 to 1994. He became an economic advisor to Labour politician Gordon Brown, and he went on to be elected to Parliament in 2005 as MP for Normanton (Morley and Outwood after 2010). He served as Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2006 to 2007 and as Secretary of State for Children, Schools, and Families from 2007 to 2010, and he was defeated for re-election in 2015.